#money

One man thinks justice consists in paying debts, and has no measure in his abhorrence of another who is very remiss in this duty and makes the creditor wait tediously. But that second man has his own way of looking at things; asks himself Which debt must I pay first, the debt to the rich, or the debt to the poor? the debt of money or the debt of thought to mankind, of genius to nature? For you, O broker, there is not other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#charity #money #art

But this post-college world felt different from everything that had come before it; art was still central, but now everyone had to think about making a living too, and they did so with a kind of scorn for money except as it allowed them to live the way they wanted to live. ↗

— Meg Wolitzer

#art

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#life #money #life

If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. ↗

— Vicki Robin

#consumerism #money #life

Since my money is God's money, every spending decision I make is a spiritual decision. ↗

— John Hagee

#money #stewardship #money

Forget what they told you. You want the truth, follow the money. ↗